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Joe Mawson
Joseph Spence Mawson (26 October 1905 – 10 September 1959) was an English association football, footballer who played in the Football League for Crewe Alexandra F.C., Crewe Alexandra, Nottingham Forest F.C., Nottingham Forest, Stockport County F.C., Stockport County and Stoke City F.C., Stoke City. Career Mawson was born in Brandon, County Durham, Brandon, Durham, England, Durham and by the age of 24 he had already spent several years working at the coalface at Washington Colliery when he became one of a number of players discovered by Stoke City F.C., Stoke City's north east scouts. Mawson had previously played for Crook Town F.C., Crook Town, his works team Washington F.C., Washington Colliery and Durham City A.F.C., Durham City. Raw and eager Mawson was given his debut in February 1929 at Swansea City A.F.C., Swansea Town, in which he scored but his lack of guile and wayward passing soon relegated him to the reserves but his never say die attitude kept him in manager Tom Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon, County Durham
Brandon is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a short distance to the southwest of Durham. Brandon was originally one of the seven townships within the ancient parish of Brancepeth. It grew from a sparsely populated agricultural area into a populous mining district after the establishment of collieries and later coke and fireclay works. Until the 19th century Brandon village, formerly known as East Brandon, was one of the larger settlements in Brancepeth Parish. History Brandon was also a manor of the medieval lordship of Brancepeth and as such was possessed by the Neville family The Neville or Nevill family (originally FitzMaldred) is a nobility, noble house of early medieval origin, which was a leading force in Kingdom of England, English politics in the later Middle Ages. The family became one of the two major powers in ..., the Earl of Westmorland, Earls of Westmoreland, while Holywell, Langley, Littleburn and other such localities were the sites of large f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
